Capilano Suspension Bridge

British Columbia, Canada

CAPILANO SUSPENSION BRIDGE
This was seriously one of the coolest things I have ever done. Take my advice: go in the morning right when they open as this is a very busy attraction. We were some of the first ones into the park on this day. The view was stunning to say the least. After the fact I was surprised that I wasn't scared at anytime, as I'm usually afraid of heights. I'm just assuming that I was so struck by the beauty of the place, that I didn't know how very high up I was.
When you get to the bridges through the treetops, you felt like an Ewok on the Forest Moon of Endor...It really looked like that.
After you go through the trees, and the myriad of trails through the park, you again cross the suspension bridge (It was way busier on the way back) and you go on the glass bottom bridge that hugs the cliff. This was really neat as it affords you a view of the valley, the river and the suspension bridge that you didn't see before.
While I was on this bridge, two bald eagles flew out over the canyon and they were fighting intensely in mid-air. I yelled, "Look at those fighting eagles!" It was spectacular. And as soon as they were there, they were gone. It wasn't until later, when I was doing a bit of research, that I discovered that those eagles weren't fighting at all...they were mating, and they were really going at it too...
[From Wikipedia]
The Capilano Suspension Bridge is a simple suspension bridge crossing the Capilano River in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The current bridge is 460 ft long and 230 ft above the river, and draws over 800,000 visitors a year.
The bridge was originally built in 1889 by George Grant Mackay, a Scottish civil engineer and park commissioner for Vancouver. It was originally made of hemp ropes with a deck of cedar planks, and was replaced with a wire cable bridge in 1903.
The bridge was completely rebuilt in 1956.
The park was sold to Nancy Stibbard, the current owner, in 1983. Annual attendance has since increased, and in May 2004, Treetops Adventures was opened.
As well as the bridge and Treetops Adventure, the first venue of its kind in North America, the park also features rain forest ecotours, award-winning gardens, nature trails, North America's largest private collection of First Nations totem poles, period decor and costumes, and exhibits highlighting the park's history and the surrounding temperate rain forest. Guests can also witness a First Nations performance, featuring their traditional Regalia (ceremonial dress), masks, dancing and storytelling.
In June 2011, a new attraction called Cliff Walk was added to the park.
Each day on this trip brought a new adventure!
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